There seems to be a lot of love for this new synth. This guy on YouTube loves them so much, he's got 5 of them. The specifications, sounds and price are all really good. I'm half-tempted to pick one up myself, but I've got too many synths already.

Regarding the Novation brand, they've been around since the early 90s and have made some great gear. There were not any dealers in the Dallas area that stocked their product in the early days. I had to have my local Guitar Center special order the SuperNova for me when it was introduced in the late 90s. A few years ago, I picked up a second-hand DrumStation which does a great job of reproducing the classic sounds of the Roland TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines.

I have a BSII and its a fantastic synth. Out of the similarly priced analog mono synths on the market (new) - this one probably has more bang for buck. Yes it does lead to that TB-303/acid bass synth sound - but you can break away from this and sculpt up some very unique sounds on this. Just think what you can do mixing 2 Oscillators - detuned, with a sub 2 octaves below, add some noise, some ring modulation, some distortion, some overdrive and BOOM!

The keyboard is better than the MiniBrute (which are known to break very very easily - like what happened to mine) - with aftertouch its pretty nice! The plastic case/chassis is surprisingly sturdy - and I would say it would last in gigs if you were careful with it. The presets that come are a great introduction to how to push this. A lot of the other mono-synths priced in this bracket do not have 2 oscillators. The sequencer and arp are awesome - and I have so much fun with it. I like how the control surface is completely digital, which means you can use MIDI to control knob positions and save all this via patch memory or SYSEX. The only thing missing badly on this synth are CV input/outputs. This will be a classic synth for many years to come, and is staying in my studio.

I should also add - that I also own Arturia Mini + Micro Brutes - and both of those will also stay in my studio. These all have unique characters, and I find they excel at different things.

Here's a track I wrote with the Bass Station II, MiniBrute, MicroBrute and a bunch of other synths (see if you can pick what I used the BSII for):

Can't wait thank you so much you guys for the input it truly helped my decision. And yes the sounds are awesome for some synthpop/coldwave. Just a couple more hours and my paycheck will be ready to cash! Might purchase from ebay there's a major deal on one and it shiuld be delivered within 3 days

The BS2 is a fantastic little synth. IMO it sounds better than any of the newer analog monos... better than the Microbrute, Minibrute, MS-20 mini, etc. The overall build quality is very nice even though it's plastic... it feels like quality nonetheless. I'd say that it would be a GREAT synth to start on if you want an analog mono. The 'acid' filter is a nice addition, but it never quite sounds like a 303, no matter what. IMO it sounds much better than the original Bass Station / Super Bass Station.